17 Years After 9/11, Al-Qaeda Boasts ‘Strongest Fighting Force in Its Existence’
Seventeen years after it perpetrated the September 11 terrorist attack, al-Qaeda is arguably stronger and better-positioned than ever.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq
World View: Trump Considers Troop Surge and Strategy Change in Afghanistan War
Contents: Trump considers new troop surge and strategy change in Afghanistan war; Generational analysis: Afghanistan war versus Iraq war
World View: Syria’s Al-Nusra Splits With al-Qaeda, Becoming Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
Contents: Syria’s Al-Nusra splits with al-Qaeda, becoming Jabhat Fateh al-Sham; Al-Nusra may have learned lessons from failures of ISIS and al-Qaeda in Iraq
World View: 50,000 Civilians in Danger as Iraq Tries to Liberate Fallujah from Islamic State
Contents: Death of Afghan Taliban leader exposes Iran-Taliban links; 50,000 civilians in danger as Iraq tries to liberate Fallujah from ISIS
World View: China and US Poised for South China Sea Military Confrontation
Contents: President Obama reverses himself on Afghanistan troop withdrawal; The ‘surge’ strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan; China and US poised for South China Sea military confrontation
Morell: ‘AQI Would Never Have Rebounded’ If US Had Left Troops In Iraq
Former CIA Director Michael Morell declared “AQI [Al Qaeda in Iraq] would never have rebounded had we stayed there in some number” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Morell initially stated, “I think that the strategy in Iraq,
Defense Agency Report: Administration Ignored Report Warning of ISIS Threat
In yet another example of either the utter incompetence and ignorance of Barack Obama as commander-in-chief or the more nefarious possibility that he loftily ignored signs of Islamic terror, a report shows his administration received warnings in 2012 of the rise of the Islamic State.
Shiite Cleric Threatens U.S. Over GOP Proposal to Arm Kurds, Sunnis in Iraq
The White House, Muqtada al-Sadr, a powerful Iraqi Shiite Cleric, and the Iraqi government have come out against a proposed U.S defense bill that authorizes sending arms and funds directly to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Sunni tribal fighters in Iraq.
Evidence Appears of US Weapons in IS-aligned Hands
The United States will send 400 troops to train ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels this spring as part of its campaign against IS militants in the region. Pentagon spokesman Maj James Brindle confirmed the proposed deployment, according to An Nahar in Lebanon.
World View: ‘Barbaric’ Ethnic Massacre in Assam Province Shocks Indians
Indians have expressed shock over the brutality of the barbaric massacre that took place on Tuesday in Assam province, in India’s far northeast.
